Part 4739

<cs><col>Double geared</col>, <cd>driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gear</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Gear</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>To be in, or come into, gear.</def>

<h1>Gearing</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Gear"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Harness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; <as>as, the valve <ex>gearing</ex> of locomotive engine; belt <ex>gearing</ex></as>; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.</def>

<cs><col>Frictional gearing</col>. <cd>See under <er>Frictional</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gearing chain</col>, <cd>an endless chain transmitted motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See <i>Illust<i>. of <er>Chain wheel</er>.</cd> -- <col>Spur gearing</col>, <cd>gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Geason</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Gea"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gesen</ets>, <ets>geson</ets>, rare, scanty, AS. <ets>g<?/sne</ets> barren, wanting. Cf. <er>Geest</er>.]</ety> <def>Rare; wonderful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Geat</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gate</er> a door.]</ety> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>git</asp>, <asp>gate</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Gecarcinian</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Ge`car*cin"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ earth + <?/ crab.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A land crab of the genus <spn>Gecarcinus</spn>, or of allied genera.</def>

<h1>Geck</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>gek</ets> fool, fop; akin to G. <ets>geck</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>gikkr</ets> a pert, rude person.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Scorn, derision, or contempt.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To become the <b>geck</b> and scorn O'the other's villainy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Geck</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geck</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OD. <ets>ghecken</ets>, G. <ets>gecken</ets>. See <er>Geck</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To deride; to scorn; to mock.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cheat; trick, or gull.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Geck</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geck</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To jeer; to show contempt.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Gecko</h1> <Xpage=617>

<hw>Geck"o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Geckoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. & G. <ets>gecko</ets>; -- so called from the sound which the animal utters.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any lizard of the family <spn>Geckonid\'91</spn>. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See <er>Wall gecko</er>, <er>Fanfoot</er>.</def>